NASA OKs shuttle flight despite flawed heat shield

NASA is going ahead with the scheduled flight of the shuttle Discovery on Tuesday October 23. This is despite questions raised about the safety of the shuttle.

The NASA Engineering and Safety Center found that there has been some degradation in the composite tiles on the wings of the shuttle. The center recommended delaying the launch to allow the affected wing panels to be replaced. Such an operation would delay the launch by a couple of months.

NASA intends to fly anyway because testing after each of the three most recent flights showed no further degradation of the tiles during those flights.

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yuri_ha

… again??

lonegunmen

Maybe the idiot who oks this flying death trap to fly should fly on this mission and see how they like risking their neck. Instead of flushing billions down the toilet in Iraq, maybe we could build a better spaceship instead.